Will they provide anyone with weapons of any sort? I know that if I were facing this situation I would certainly arm myself in the event I survived.

This sounds like a waste of time and nowhere near what the real scenario would be like. Still, being a fan of all things post-apocalyptic (plus rat-on-a-stick and pigeon McNuggets) I will probably watch it.

Luthiel: GoteamVenture: drjekel_mrhyde: I just watched some drivel called blindness yesterday
/I want to shoot my eyes out after that

i saw knowing. it couldnt not be as bad as the last 15 min. of knowing.

Luthiel: MBarry: gopher321: Lionel Mandrake: If there are no zombies mutantssuper mutants, feral gouls, protectrons, raiders, radscorpions, or deathclaws it's not "reality."


FTFY

FTFY

FTFY

/seriously, how could you leave out the deathclaws?

yao guia

fark those things

Meh. Yao guai aren't that bad - a sneak attack headshot with a hunting rifle will usually take them down with no problem. Doing that to a deathclaw just makes it mad.

Got my ass handed to me when I went to New Olney around level 15 and a couple deathclaws jumped me before I could whip out my dart gun. I hated those things!

Luthiel: krispos42: Zombies?

Cool. Let me get my 10/22 with a dozen 50-round magazines ready.


Head shots, I got them. PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW.

Despite what Max Brooks keeps saying in his books, I really don't think anything firing .22 LR rounds is a good choice for the zombie apocalypse. Great for zombies, perhaps, but against hostile, living targets... not so much.

We tried this with a BMF Activator (legal crank for semi-autos made in the 1980s, hits the trigger 4 times per revolution of the crank) and a 10/22

The Ruger (old, well-built one, walnut stock, unhyphenated serial number in low 50000s) 10/22 got about 150 rounds through it (three fifties and a 30-rd) and started to shoot wild. We put it on a bench rest and saw it shooting 8"+ groups at 25 meters. Then the 50-rd mags all jammed (in the mag, not the gun). The 30s never did though. Not in 20 years. The gun was fine when it cooled, though.

/have 300,000 rounds through a Mark 1 Ruger pistol. Thats 600 bricks.

//use standard velocity

amanogowa: Viss: amanogowa: Smeggy Smurf: amanogowa: Smeggy Smurf: What will cause the world to end in 2012?

Ron Paul

Palin.

The Ron Paul/Sara Palin lovechild is the antichrist

Thank god it would be retarded!

cant be their kid. obama already born.

0/10

No, he's older

Viss: amanogowa: Smeggy Smurf: amanogowa: Smeggy Smurf: What will cause the world to end in 2012?

Ron Paul

Palin.

The Ron Paul/Sara Palin lovechild is the antichrist

Thank god it would be retarded!

cant be their kid. obama already born.

This is why we can't have nice things. Here we are making fun of Ron Paul and you have to being politics into it.

phaseolus: For this Discovery show the cynic in me foresees a cast of very well-fed 20-30somethings, with the women looking like swimsuit models and all of the men being steroid-gobbling gymrats in sleeveless shirts with scowls and guns. Plus a few wild-haired ten year olds for atmosphere...

The website on discovery has some pretty good videos about them using their skills to regain electricity and having to deal with an outside group wanting in their compound.

Looks like they have a pretty good group together too, a nurse, marine scientist, doctor, contractor, computer engineer, machinist, martial arts instructor, solar tech, aerospace engineer, and a mechanical engineer. They look pretty dammed grizzled by the third episode.

bios (new window)

Essentially it'll be: what will a group of exceptionally trained people do in a harsh, closed apocalypse simulation - while being messed with by producers?

I'm already excited for the show.

Tonight on The Colony: The colonists' morale and culinary skills are tested when they discover that bandits have stolen thier food supplies, and they are forced to draw lots to determine which one will serve as food for the others.

Now that I'd watch!

I was wondering about garden plots, field dressing game, making a wood stove for cooking and freaking winter...

Philip J. Fry: I saw a few commercials for this show and as intrigued. Probably going to be disappointed when I get around to watching it when I find that most of the cool stuff they are doing is preplanted by the production crew like in Junkyard Wars

LOL...I loved it when they needed to make some sort of "flying craft" and found a perfectly functional airplane wing... because everyone knows those are scattered throughout most of your run of the mill junkyards. That was the last episode I ever watched

If they do this as well as they did the Alaska experiment it should be pretty good. They took a decent cross section of people (none of this celebrity beautiful people crap) and had them travel across a section of Alaska from shelter to shelter planted by the producers to simulate things you might actually come across in the wilderness. There was no voting people off no overly stupid gimmicks no soap opera style plot addons. Just a group of people working together to get something done. When you wanted to quit they came and picked you up. Made for a pretty good show.

TheOblivionTheory: fuzzycuffs: I'd watch a post apocalyptic serial drama with zombies in a heartbeat.

Get JJ Abrams to direct it.

My bet is that Bettes will be eaten by a zombie shiatsu or hamster.

Stephanie Abrams Thread!

Why yes, a cross section of society does include 4 engineers and a doctor for every 10 people!

/I like the IBM dude

jondiced: Why yes, a cross section of society does include 4 engineers and a doctor for every 10 people!

/I like the IBM dude

Does that include train engineers and doctors of philosophy?

Hopefully they will take away one of the Baldwins. Oh please.


/picture unrelated

scandalrag: eas81: History channel already covered this:

Life after people (new window)

I had a real problem with life after people: There was a cataclysm that kills all the people, but leaves their pets alive and locked in their houses?

I had a problem with only people disappeared yet every other species survived??

The show is called "Life After People." It doesn't even address how it happens, just that suddenly people are gone and looks at what happens next - mostly in terms of infrastructure.

The episodes to be sandwiched in between 'Deadliest Catch' marathons.

kevinfra: I had a problem with only people disappeared yet every other species survived??

Sounds like some sort of a plague/pandemic to me.

CygnusDarius: Episode 1:

War. War is always the same.

JesseL: I just spent a weekend in zombie combat training:

How does hiding behind a car door protect you from zombies?

I wonder if people who believe in the Mayan date of December 21st, 2012 have taken into account the 11 days that Pope Gregory XIII removed from his calendar in 1582 (later accepted by most other countries in 1752.) If not, then their "end of the world" will actual occur on January 1st, 2013.

Which is the exact date of my retirement. I am sooooo screwed....

If you like zombies and apocalypse type stories, and heck, are even bothering reading this far into the thread, you need to be reading Kirkman's AWESOME zombie epic.

The Walking Dead

With the possible exception of Romero's films, this is the absolute BEST zombie story ever. That is not an exaggeration.

He needs more fame.

Read it, you'll love it.
Trust me on this.

Spread the awesome zombie story goodness.

Butterfinger: Stephanie Abrams Thread!


Even SHE can't keep her eyes off the Abrams.

Luthiel: Despite what Max Brooks keeps saying in his books, I really don't think anything firing .22 LR rounds is a good choice for the zombie apocalypse. Great for zombies, perhaps, but against hostile, living targets... not so much.

Good against remotes is one thing, kid. But against the living?

kevinfra: scandalrag: eas81: History channel already covered this:

Life after people (new window)

I had a real problem with life after people: There was a cataclysm that kills all the people, but leaves their pets alive and locked in their houses?

I had a problem with only people disappeared yet every other species survived??

The show is called "Life After People." It doesn't even address how it happens, just that suddenly people are gone and looks at what happens next - mostly in terms of infrastructure.

I assume there are viruses that only affect humans...anyone know the answer to that? I'm too lazy to google infectious diseases at the moment. They probably skip the 'decaying corpses' episode because they would be quickly devoured by the house-pets and random wild animals.

big pig peaches: How does hiding behind a car door protect you from zombies?

You don't want them to see you and start moaning to attract more zombies do you?

Zombie Hitler: eas81: scandalrag: eas81: History channel already covered this:

Life after people (new window)

I had a real problem with life after people: There was a cataclysm that kills all the people, but leaves their pets alive and locked in their houses?

I had a problem with only people disappeared yet every other species survived??

Life after People is the craziest show on TV. It makes zero sense.

Always hated that show. Some reason a colony of 5 chimps is going to take over all of Miami? The slow decay of stuff is cool, but the crappy stories they throw in are ridiculous. It's like when they showed that Alien worlds show.

/old prof in college got a NASA grant to think up new life on other planets
//seriously...just made up crap and got money

Sybarite: GurneyHalleck: \unimpressed.


They really need a big guy outside the compound saying "Just walk away." at odd hours.

jdog71: kevinfra: scandalrag: eas81: History channel already covered this:

Life after people (new window)

I had a real problem with life after people: There was a cataclysm that kills all the people, but leaves their pets alive and locked in their houses?

I had a problem with only people disappeared yet every other species survived??

The show is called "Life After People." It doesn't even address how it happens, just that suddenly people are gone and looks at what happens next - mostly in terms of infrastructure.

I assume there are viruses that only affect humans...anyone know the answer to that? I'm too lazy to google infectious diseases at the moment. They probably skip the 'decaying corpses' episode because they would be quickly devoured by the house-pets and random wild animals.

They don't; they just disappear. It's like the rapture. Wake up one morning and we all just went up to Jesus.

buckler: jondiced: Why yes, a cross section of society does include 4 engineers and a doctor for every 10 people!

/I like the IBM dude

Does that include train engineers and doctors of philosophy?

I kant imagine that it does.

Wait! I didn't get the memo.

can't wait, Thom Beers makes the best shows evah!

JesseL: big pig peaches: How does hiding behind a car door protect you from zombies?

You don't want them to see you and start moaning to attract more zombies do you?

Its sort of like putting your hand over your eyes so no one can see you.

Luthiel: Despite what Max Brooks keeps saying in his books, I really don't think anything firing .22 LR rounds is a good choice for the zombie apocalypse. Great for zombies, perhaps, but against hostile, living targets... not so much.

I agree. Even against zeds, .22 LR has some serious shortcomings. Poor reliability compared to centerfire rounds, poor range, and poor penetration.

Personally, I think the the FN P90, FiveseveN, and the 5.7x28mm round they fire were specifically designed as anti-zombie weapons. They're lousy for shooting live people, but just right for taking on zombie hordes. All that marketing chatter from Fabrique National about personal defense weapons against armored assailants is just a ruse to avoid alerting the public to the zombie threat.

Need tips to survive the Zombie appocalypse? Max has you covered.

jondiced: buckler: jondiced: Why yes, a cross section of society does include 4 engineers and a doctor for every 10 people!

/I like the IBM dude

Does that include train engineers and doctors of philosophy?

I kant imagine that it does.

It'll be more like four sales people and an IT guy.

/not sure who is more useless in the post-apocalypse world...Sales or IT

Psumek: /not sure who is more useless in the post-apocalypse world...Sales or IT

IT should at least have some basic problem solving skills.

Psumek: Zombie Hitler: eas81: scandalrag: eas81: History channel already covered this:

Life after people (new window)

I had a real problem with life after people: There was a cataclysm that kills all the people, but leaves their pets alive and locked in their houses?

I had a problem with only people disappeared yet every other species survived??

Life after People is the craziest show on TV. It makes zero sense.

Always hated that show. Some reason a colony of 5 chimps is going to take over all of Miami? The slow decay of stuff is cool, but the crappy stories they throw in are ridiculous. It's like when they showed that Alien worlds show.

/old prof in college got a NASA grant to think up new life on other planets
//seriously...just made up crap and got money

They should have hired this guy



RIP alien/monster/scary shiat man

Korovyov: I hope they watch out for the Scorpitron. It's a bit of a pain -- best to have a nice supply of sabot rockets, LAWs or RPGs (and, preferably, AT weapons skill... practice using Manglers and even spears, IIRC) before you approach its particular intersection.

Toughest single opponent in the game (not highest HP, which would be the Night Terror -- but the Night Terror is an extremely poor attacker easily handled with good armor and a proton axe for excessive XP).

Yes. Just...yes.

/use to recopy disc sides to cheat and powerlevel.
//toaster repair ftw

Sounds dumb. After reading the plot synopsis for the first four or five episodes, either these people are too stupid to survive in a post-apocolyptic world or the writers are.

Everybody knows the first thing you scavenge is guns, ammo, hand weapons, water and food. Then you secure your shelter, secure your supplies, insure sanitation, establish a militia, and form a community. Power, showers, and other niceties come later not first.

Philip J. Fry: I saw a few commercials for this show and as intrigued. Probably going to be disappointed when I get around to watching it when I find that most of the cool stuff they are doing is preplanted by the production crew like in Junkyard Wars

I was okay with that considering the time limit. Also notice how some teams would skip all the safety features 'cause they knew they'd have all the time they needed the next day to make it safe.

After a while though it seemed repetitive on the things there were building.

"Life without people" is just a simple concept of "What If", thats all.

They say it several times that "What If" people just disappeared one day...and then they show various cities and the infrastructure and what happens to it over time.

Some of the things, like the space needle (?) in Seattle is pretty high maintenance and after like 10 years it starts to lose window panels due to salt water corrosion and after x number of years it falls... The show goes back and forth between several cities and eventually gets out to 2-300 years and lack of upkeep and the environment takes its toll.

The episode with New Orleans is pretty bad though...I got through like half of it and wanted to scream at the TV "We GET it! There was a flood and widespread turmoil" They kept comparing Katrina to what would happen without people keeping the levees in repair. Geez...

Killer Cars: The episodes to be sandwiched in between 'Deadliest Catch' marathons.

Ugh... I used t like that show, but when you've seen every episode four times in one weekend it's time to put on some goddamn Dirty Jobs or something...

JesseL: Luthiel: Despite what Max Brooks keeps saying in his books, I really don't think anything firing .22 LR rounds is a good choice for the zombie apocalypse. Great for zombies, perhaps, but against hostile, living targets... not so much.

I agree. Even against zeds, .22 LR has some serious shortcomings. Poor reliability compared to centerfire rounds, poor range, and poor penetration.

Personally, I think the the FN P90, FiveseveN, and the 5.7x28mm round they fire were specifically designed as anti-zombie weapons. They're lousy for shooting live people, but just right for taking on zombie hordes. All that marketing chatter from Fabrique National about personal defense weapons against armored assailants is just a ruse to avoid alerting the public to the zombie threat.

Meh.. M1 Garand. Millions in existence, stopping power of a mule kick to the face.

CygnusDarius: Vegas

I came for The Stand references, and only got one. Leaving somewhat disappointed.

Zombie Hitler: eas81: scandalrag: eas81: History channel already covered this:

Life after people (new window)

I had a real problem with life after people: There was a cataclysm that kills all the people, but leaves their pets alive and locked in their houses?

I had a problem with only people disappeared yet every other species survived??

Life after People is the craziest show on TV. It makes zero sense.

It makes perfect sense. It's porn for environmentalists. What could possibly be better than a world with no people?

What no dishcleaners, laborers or waitresses???

There are tons of them around,
or did they get eaten?

kevinfra: The show is called "Life After People." It doesn't even address how it happens, just that suddenly people are gone and looks at what happens next - mostly in terms of infrastructure.

I saw previews for that and never bothered to Tivo a single episode. It looked like a completely farktarded premise. I'd rather watch Futurama re-runs, thanks.

More garbage TV...enuff already! Ok I promise to turn off the TV and go play outside, just stop with the UN-reality POS TV programming...aaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!